Word: network
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Squiggly Lines. The first hint that the Northeast's huge CANUSE (for Canadian-U.S. Eastern interconnection) power grid was in trouble came at 5:16 p.m. Moving clockwise, millions of kilowatts of electricity were coursing through the vast network of cables to meet the early-evening needs of the Western Hemisphere's most heavily populated, most power-dependent region. In the humming central control room of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, ink pens tracing the flow of power suddenly shuddered. At the Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. on the other side of Lake Ontario, the dials on a wall lurched...
Throughout the morning, the government radio network had been alerting the nation for a major announcement. Loudspeakers had been set up in offices, stores and restaurants, even around the bronze flagstaff of Salisbury's Cecil Square; and at 1:15 on the afternoon of Armistice Day, when Smith came on the air, all of Rhodesia was listening. "In the lives of most nations, there comes a moment when a stand has to be made for principles," said Smith, sniffling with a cold in the head. "We Rhodesians have rejected the philosophy of appeasement. I believe that...
Adventure, perhaps the greatest of all time, is the astronauts-even though they function as part of an intricate human and electronic network that supports them. Indeed, they deny that they seek the stars in adventure's name. "We are test pilots," says Astronaut Charles Bassett. "And the job of a test pilot is research...
...network insures an area against power failure by supplying it quickly with electricity from outside. It may need improvements, but it shouldn't be sacrificed...
Several states and cities yesterday called for immediate action to prevent the network from falling again. In New York City, where some sections were without electricity until 7 a.m., Mayor Robert F. Wagner said that the city's power supply must be set up to make any break "of short duration...